As I stated earlier the guns are left secured on the aircraft at non military bases.
Aircrews do stay downtown when the local bases are full.
The civilian bag drill is done only on rare occasions such as picking up Nat gaurd troops at civilian airports.
For you Anti-Gun people do you see an alternative here?Since we are having this discussion maybe some of you have a better idea
for FD security.
I dont agree with many things happening in the USA, but in time things will mellow out.
FD security is one thing that we are determined to protect.
The point being made here is that its not a accident waiting on a place to happen.
If further hijackings could be prevented then maybe the public would trust air travel again.
For this we would all benefit.